Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 17:18:49 -0800
From: Diane Grover <grover@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: NASIG Conference
Warning: Long message. Detailed program information for NASIG
Conference. See 1st message for registration information, etc.
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PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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INTERNET TOOLS AND RESOURCES: AN ELECTRONIC BUFFET
A Preconference Program in conjunction with the 9th Annual NASIG
Conference, June 2, 1994
8:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Conveners: Birdie MacLennan, Serials Coordinator, University of Vermont
and Marilyn Geller, Serials Cataloger, MIT Libraries
The NASIG Electronic Communications Committee is sponsoring a
preconference held in conjunction with the 9th Annual NASIG Conference
at the University of British Columbia. The focus of this preconference
will be on familiarizing attendees with some of the tools and resources
available on the Internet. A cost recovery fee of $35.00 (U.S.)\$45.00
(CDN) will be charged. Registration is limited to 100 people.
The program will begin with a 1 1/2 hour general session for all
attendees featuring two speakers:
o The FreeNet Movement
Presenter: Jacqueline van Dyk, Systems Librarian
North Vancouver District Public Library
and Library Liaison/Board Member, Vancouver Regional FreeNet
o The Internet, Client-Server Computing, and the
Revolution in Electronic Publishing
Presenter: David F. W. Robison, Educational Documentation Specialist
NorthWestNet
The remaining portion of the preconference program will be divided into
one hour sessions on individual topics. Attendees may choose any two
of these sessions at the time of registration. These five sessions are:
SESSION ONE:
o Tunneling through Cyberspace in Search of Adventure: An
Introduction to Gopher
Presenter: Maggie Rioux, Acquisitions Librarian
MBL/WHOI Joint Library
SESSION TWO:
o Digging Your Own Den in Cyberspace: A Gopher Construction Kit
Presenter: Eric Celeste, Head -- SCARMU
MIT Libraries
SESSION THREE:
o Come Into My Parlor, Said The Spider: World Wide Web and the
MOSAIC Interface
Presenters: Ann L. Okerson, Director -- Office of Scientific & Academic
Publishing, Association of Research Libraries
and
David L. Rodgers, Director of Electronic Publishing,
American Mathematical Society
SESSION FOUR:
o Communing with Lists: A Beginner's Guide to LISTSERVs and
ListProcs
Presenter: Marilyn Geller, Serials Cataloger
MIT Libraries
SESSION FIVE:
o (Almost) Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know About
LISTSERVs and ListProcs
Presenter: Marilyn Geller, Serials Cataloger
MIT Libraries
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PLENARY AND CONCURRENT SESSIONS
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PLENARY SESSION I: OVERVIEWS OF CHANGE
Friday, June 3, 1994
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Convener: Brenda Hurst, Head, Acquisitions, Canada Institute for
Scientific and Technical Information
Technological Change and its Influence on Scholarly Communication
and Information Management
Czeslaw Jan Grycz, Chair, Scholarship and Technology Study
Project, University of California Office of the President
The Future of Publishing: Lessons From Recent Workshops
Robert Weber, Principal, Northeast Consulting Resources
Reshaping the Serials Vendor Industry: How to Survive the Impact of
Technology and Shifting User Expectations
Dan Tonkery, President and CEO, Readmore Incorporated
Changing Focus: Tomorrow's Virtual Library
Naomi C. Broering, Director, Biomedical Information Resources
Center, and Medical Center Librarian, Georgetown University
Medical Center
PLENARY SESSION II: AN INTROSPECTIVE VIEW OF CHANGE AND CHOICE
Saturday, June 4, 1994
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Convener: John Tagler, Director, Corporate Communications, Elsevier
Science Publishers, Inc.
Getting Past the Rapids: Individuals and Change
Linda Moore, Chief Executive Officer, tranSKILLS
CONCURRENT SESSIONS A KALEIDOSCOPE OF CHOICES
Saturday, June 4, 1994
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
NASIG Conference participants will be able to attend two of the
five concurrent sessions.
I. Managing Organizational Change
Convener: Connie Foster, Serials Supervisor, Western Kentucky
University
Change Without and Change Within: The Structural Adaptation of
an STM Publisher
Pieter S. H. Bolman, President, Academic Press, San Diego.
Organizational Change in a Research Library Setting: Strategies
and Implementation
Mary Elizabeth Clack, Serial Records Librarian/Staff
Development Officer, Harvard College Library
II. Reports from the Frontiers of Change
Convener: Alex Bloss, Head of Acquisitions, University of Illinois
at Chicago
Wanted: Information Manager: New Roles for Librarians and
Vendors
Sharon Cline McKay, Product Manager, Dynix Marquis,Inc.
>From Earth to Ether: One Publisher's Reincarnation
Susan Lewis, Online Projects Manager, Johns Hopkins
University Press.
Library Cultures in Conflict: Exploring New Roles for Librarians
Johann Van Reenen, Head, UBC Life Sciences Libraries,
University of British Columbia
III Professional Advice on Handling Change
Convener: Teresa Malinowski, Serials Coordinator, California State
University Fullerton
Understanding Transition: The People Side of Managing Change
Judy Clarke, Owner, Judy Clarke and Associates
IV Real People and Virtual Libraries
Convener: Barbara Carlson, Head, Serials Management, Medical
University of South Carolina
At Ease in Liberspace
Susan A. Cady, Associate Director for Technical Services,
Lehigh University Libraries
The Human Side of the Virtual Library
Marion T. Reid, Dean of Library Services, California State
University San Marcos
V From Cutter Handmaids to Cyberspace Guides: The Future of
Catalogers
Convener: Karen Darling, Head, Serials Department, University of
Oregon
Tools for a New Age: an Overview
Regina Reynolds, Head, National Serials Data Program, Library
of Congress
Getting the Expert into the System: Expert Systems and Cataloging
Paul J. Weiss, Systems Librarian, National Library of
Medicine, Technical Services Division
SGML and the Transformation of Cataloging
Daniel Pitti, Advanced Technologies Projects Librarian,
University of California, Berkeley
PLENARY SESSION III: CHOOSING CHANGE: NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW
SKILLS
Sunday, June 5, 1994
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Convener: Julia Gammon, Head, Acquisitions Department, University
of Akron
Electronic Chemistry Journals: Elemental Concerns
Richard Entlich, Technical Project Manager, Albert R. Mann
Library, Cornell University
Adventures in Information Space: Biomedical Discovery in a
Molecular Sequence Milieu
Mark S. Boguski, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, National Center
for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine
and Acting Director of Bioinformatics, National Center for
Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health
Grabbing the Bull by the Tail: Holding on During Change
Marjorie E. Bloss, Director, Technical Services, Center for
Research Libraries
